Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-04-07

and is a Democrat.
The city council of Chicago, in response
to a letter from the lord mayor OF Dublin
unanimously instructed Mayor Harrison
to transmit a solemn protest to the prime
minister X England against the proposed
withdrawal from the Irish people OF the
right of trial by jury.
Tho mystery OF a murder committed al
Shenandoah, Pa, seventeen years ago was
cleared up by the death.bed confession d
one OF the murderers. May 81, 1870. JET
ferson Yohe. eighteen years of age, was shot
and killed on Ringtuwn mountain. The
crime was laid to the Mollie Maguires, not
withstanding suspicion pointed strongly to
Charles Fredericks and Michael Hertzel o.
Miiiiin. Fredericks died recently after con
tossing that he and Hertzel committed The
murder with the purpose OF robbery. Hert-
eel was arrested.
A mob Of Creeks attacked with stones
the residences OF American missionaries in
Smyrna. Thu American legation there has
asked the porte to send a man. of war 10
smyrna to protect the missionaries.
The :, 200 masons, bricklayers, carpen,
hers. plumbers n other laborers employ
ell in the erection oith extensive additions
to the Equitable building in New YORK
went on a strike. The strike was caused
by the employment OF two ~non-union men
to put up electric wires.
An attempt was made in New York to poi.
son Miss Agness Herndon. the actress. A box
ofiruit was sent to the lady from an o
nous person. and, after she had partaken
of a portion of it she became very sick.
It is believed to have been the work of a
crank admirer.
The will Of Eliza Goodwin, the wife oil Nat
c. Goodwin. was offered in New York fol-
probate. 1t bequeathes to Mrs. Eliza
Smith. OF London, England, her mother,
$4,000, and the rest Of her estate to her
husband.
The will OF the late James b. Eads ol
st. Louis, WAS presented for probate in
the surrogate court. He left between one
and two millions mostly to his children.
Quarantine was instituted at FL Paso,
Tex, against cholera. The disease has
ira veled from South America to Panama,
and it is feared the Mexican Central trains
may bring it into the United States.
The special grand jury came into the
criminal court at Chicago, and returned
three patches OF indictments against per
sons implicated in the county frauds, there
being Il total of 23 presentments.
William A. Clarke. clerk in the registry
division OF the New York postoffice, was
arrested, charged with stealing a $40, 600
package seat to the Chemical National
bank OF Portland. Or. Clarke confessed
that he had stolen this. also sixty other
packages which had been missing from
lime to time or the past three years.
Labouchcre, in the house of commons
said: The disorders in Ireland are due to
exccrable laws and the governments de.
lance OF the wishes OF the people. The
! Conservatives seemed unable to under
stand that they we're dealing with nation
entitled to make its own laws, not with
individuals. The terrorism and outrage
which fiourished in the Southern states
during Andrew Johnson's time ceased IN
1876 when home rule was granted. The
speaker tainted Balfour with ignorance OF
the condition OF Ireland. He said Bal
Tour hardly cared what measure he pro-
: posed. He denounced pa~rtisanIrish judges
for making exciting political harangnes
when there happened to be a judgeship
vacant. AAs regarded the proposal to make
the crimes bill a permanent measure, il
that were done the bill would never be abb
rogated, AS a majority of the members OF
the house OF lords we're ~Salisbury's subser-
! Went political slaves. The speaker inter-
P n oAPie
Lord S~alisbury's hands"
1he buhsness failures OF the three months
endingon the olstult. as reported by X u.
Dun d co. number 3.007, against ], 2o3for
. ss.us 1--WE
sere; 1887, $50, l01 900; 1SS6'$29,6S1,
900. Tie liabilities in the Middle states
amounted to S12, 000, 900, an increase OF
over s1,upv,ouo WIN looo,
- N -Ne" 10TH eity eneV were So,,ooo,,,
=" 'saiis. ~ .uo,vov last year IN al,
oeher SECTIONS the iahures are ie" ano
nineh ess ~ auhouut ehan .he aserase' ana
tne to,aI resuie Is mueh less than lh pre-
Nous years. IN Sanaua the ia,iureS iot
sne nrst lnar.er Q! 1885, aee 90 % against
30 iooo! ioiaeres, ~so,oo-,ooo agaihst
SS,4t<'VuV IN iooo.
ne retirement OF q MaeArtnurfr
ne supreme court o. the district OF Co
llnion' on . reeirins pensioh ai.er sixteen
Years setNIcc, was Inaue ehe scehe OF u
t5e me,nhsrs 81 ,bs bar nd o,bsrs LIDO
( nm WINS o,ce Iautenon oovernoro
Wiscnns;n H. rstiran,ant - e tbnnaht
will soon be followed BY that OF Chief Jus.
tice Cartier.
4. % os,;n,,ad a, .v ,.
creased So GOD 200 during the nresent
month
Tho .osno. a.aa.
Al dnc;sinn sdyina " Menaao,,.h ~
,ight 10 ouen the old Bell telenbone case
~ respohse toa COMMUNICATION rom
we commissioner Oh Ihdian auairs, the az
ronstruction IL ha nIacad mon certain m.
b,,no,,s sact;nns - Az ,ov Ina;an lands T.